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Tuesday, 1 June 2021

Catch results of the Norwegian United States Whaling Company at Port Armstrong, Baranof Island, Alaska in 1914

Founded in 1910 by P. Bogen, Sandefjord and in 1923 transferred to New Zealand. The company started with the whalers Star 1-3 built by the Seattle Construction and Drydock Company and the factory ship Sommerstad. In 1912 factory ship and fast station, since 1913 fast station.

Number of boats 3. Blue whale=Balaenoptera musculus 0, Fin whale=Balaenoptera physalus 0, Humpback whale= Megaptera novaeangliae 0, Sei whale=Balaenoptera borealis 0, Spermwhale= Physeter macrocephalus 0, North Atlantic right whale =Eubalaena glacialis 0, total number of caught whales 175, number of barrels oil8.100 and number of bags guano 7.700

Source

Sigurd Risting. Av Hvalfangstens Historie. Kristiania, 1922.

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